Kurigram: The flooding in Kurigram is now in a state neither improving nor worsening as the Brahmaputra and Dharla rivers are still flowing above their danger marks due to onrush of the upstream water and continuous downpour.

More than six lakh people have remained stranded due to the flooding while fresh 30 villages have been submerged for the water gushing from the upstream and incessant rainfalling the last 14 days, reports UNB.

Kurigram Water Development Board Executive engineer Mahfuzur Rahman said the Brahmaputra was flowing 65centimetres above its danger level at Chilmari point while the Dharla 54cm above its red mark at Kurigram bridge point on Sunday.

Many roads have gone under water, snapping all types of vehicular movement across the district.

Acting deputy commissioner Akhter Hossain Azad said 6.25 lakh people of 1,50,586 families have been affected by flood in 728 villages of 57 unions under nine upazilas of the district.

Abdul Mottalib, disaster management and relief officer of the district, said a total of 1075 tonnes of rice have been distributed among the flood victims.